IAGA Quick Hits | 9.25.26
The Utah Golf Association Announces Rebrand
From the Utah Golf Association
The Utah Golf Association (UGA) recently unveiled a new logo and brand identity, introducing a modern look designed to better represent Utah golf while honoring the history of an association that has served the game in the state for more than a century.
The new identity, incorporates Utah’s mountain landscape and a reference to 1899, the year of the inaugural Utah State Amateur Championship. Together, those elements connect the association’s history with a look designed to represent the UGA and Utah golf well into the future.
UGA President Tina Mathieu said, “This logo captures what makes Utah golf distinct — a landscape and a history unlike anywhere else. As a board, we see it as both a tribute to more than 125 years of the game in this state and a clear statement of where we’re taking the UGA next.”
UGA Executive Director, Easton Folster, said the process began with a desire to create an identity that members would immediately recognize as representing golf in Utah.
“We wanted to create an identity that Utah golfers and UGA members could be proud of—one that represents what ‘Utah Golf’ truly is,” Folster said. “It was important that we honor the UGA’s history while creating a look that reflects where the association and the game are headed.”
The new logo replaces the UGA mark that has represented the association for decades. While that logo carried considerable history and familiarity, the new design introduces elements more directly connected to Utah and the UGA.
Inside Team Pennsylvania | USGA State Junior Team Program
From GAP
Meet Team Pennsylvania, part of the USGA State Junior Team Program designed to expand competitive and development opportunities for the next generation of junior golfers, as they practiced this summer at Lancaster Country Club.
The program brings together elite junior golfers ages 13-18, providing opportunities for high-level competition, player development and talent identification while representing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Launched nationally by the USGA in 2024, the State Junior Team Program is expanding across the country through collaboration with Allied Golf Associations, PGA of America sections and state junior golf programs.
Get an inside look at Team Pennsylvania, its players and the experiences helping shape the future of junior golf across the state.
AZ GOLF Volunteers: The Backbone Of Golf In Arizona
From AZ Golf
For more than 100 years, AZ GOLF has served as the governing body of golf in Arizona, helping grow and protect the game through hosting amateur championships, administering golf course ratings and providing our members with a Handicap Index.
But none of that happens alone.
Behind every tournament, every ruling and every course rating is a group of people who give their time because they love the game. They are the volunteers who make it possible for AZ GOLF to do what it does.
The opportunities to get involved run year-round and span all corners of the game. Volunteers can help at tournaments, serve as starters, become Rules Officials, rate golf courses and take on many other roles.
Three Hikers Go the Distance to Support Youth on Course Maryland
From the Maryland State Golf Association
The 2026 Youth on Course 100 Hole Hike in support of Youth on Course Maryland took place at the Suburban Club on Monday, Sept. 14. Three hikers took to the course early Monday morning to begin the 100-hole trek and raise funds and awareness for the program.
Completing his fifth consecutive Youth on Course 100 Hole Hike, Will Fisher was joined by two first-timers, Neil Delwadia and Colin Fagan. The three Hikers began the day at 6:33 a.m., and the trio could not have asked for better weather. With rarely a cloud in the sky and temperatures hovering in the mid-70s throughout much of the day, the conditions were ideal for the journey ahead.
The trio set a strong pace early on, finishing the first 18 holes in two hours. Spirits were high as they headed into the rest of the day.
“It was an awesome day of golf,” Fisher said. “I am lucky to be able to do something I love all day long.”
For Delwadia and Fagan, completing 100 holes was a new challenge. Delwadia described the experience as “a true physical and mental test,” while Fagan called it “exhausting, rewarding, and unlike any other round of golf I’ve played.”
As the day progressed, the physical and mental demands of the Hike began to set in. For Delwadia, the halfway point proved to be one of the toughest moments of the day.